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Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Preamble 1

Title: Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995

State: Central

Year: 1995

THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995 [Act, No. 1 of 1996] [1st January, 1996] PREAMBLE An Act to give effect to the Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of the People with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region. whereas the Meeting to Launch the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-2000 convened by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific held at Beijing on 1st to 5th December, 1992, adopted the Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of People with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region; AND whereas India is a signatory to the said Proclamation; AND whereas it is considered necessary to implement the Proclamation aforesaid. be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976) Preamble 1

Title: Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

State: Central

Year: 1976

THE EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT, 1976 (25 of 1976) [11th February, 1976] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the payment of equal remuneration to men and women workers and for the prevention of discrimination, on the ground of sex, against women in the matter of employment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976) Chapter II

Title: Payment of Remuneration at Equal Rates to Men and Women Workers and Other Matters

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....as the case may be, the need for providing increasing employment opportunities for women, including part-time employment, and such other relevant factors as the Committee may think fit. (4) The Advisory Committee shall regulate its own procedure. (5) The appropriate Government may, after considering the advice tendered to it by the Advisory Committee and after giving to the persons concerned in the establishment or employment an opportunity to make representations, issue such directions in respect of employment of women workers, as the appropriate Government may think fit. Section 7 - Power of appropriate Government to appoint authorities for hearing and deciding claims and complaints (1) The appropriate Government may, by notification, appoint such officers, not below the rank of a Labour Officer, as it thinks fit to be the authorities for the purpose of hearing and deciding-- (a) Complaints with regard to the contravention of any provision of this Act; (b) claims arising out of non-payment of wages at equal rates to men and women workers for the same work or work of a similar nature, and may, by the same or subsequent notification, define the local limits within.....

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976) Complete Act

Title: Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976)

State: Central

Year: 1976

Preamble1 - EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT, 1976 Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Act to have over riding effect Chapter II Section4 - Duty of employer to pay equal remuneration to men and women workers for same work or work of a similar nature Section5 - No discrimination to be made while recruiting men and women workers Section6 - Advisory Committee Section7 - Power of appropriate Government to appoint authorities for hearing and deciding claims and complaints Chapter III Section8 - Duty of employers to maintain registers Section9 - Inspectors Section10 - Penalties Section11 - Offences by companies Section12 - Cognizance and trial of offences Section13 - Power to-make rules Section14 - Power of Central Government to give directions Section15 - Act not to apply in certain special cases Section16 - Power to make declaration Section17 - Power to remove difficulties Section18 - Repeal and saving

Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Complete Act

Title: Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Chapter 2 Section3 - Central Co-ordination Committee Section4 - Term of office of Members Section5 - Disqualifications Section6 - Vacation of seats by Members Section7 - Meetings of the Central Co-ordination Committee Section8 - Functions of the Central Co-ordination Committee Section9 - Central Executive Committee Section10 - Functions of the Central Executive Committee Section11 - Meetings of the Central Executive Committee Section12 - Temporary association of persons with Central Executive Committee for particular purposes Chapter 3 Section13 - State Co-ordination Committee Section14 - Terms and conditions of service of Members Section15 - Disqualifications Section16 - Vacation of seats Section17 - Meetings of the State Co-ordination Committee Section18 - Functions of the State Co-ordination Committee Section19 - State Executive Committee Section20 - Functions of the State Executive Committee Section21 - Meetings of the State Executive Committee Section22 - Temporary association of persons with State Executive Committee for particular purposes Section23 - Power to give directions Section24 -.....

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1976

.....this Act and not defined but defined in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in that Act. 3. Act to have overriding effect. -- The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law or in the terms of any award, agreement or contract of service, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, or in any instrument having effect under any law for the time being in force. CHAPTER " II PAYMENT OF REMUNERATION AT EQUAL RATES TO MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS AND OTHER MATTERS 4. Duty of employer to pay equal remuneration to men and women workers for same work or work of a similar nature. -- (1) No employer shall pay to any worker, employed by him in an establishment or employment, remuneration, whether payable in cash or in kind, at rates less favourable than those at which remuneration is paid by him to the workers of the opposite sex in such establishment or employment for performing the same work or work of a similar nature. (2) No employer shall, for the purpose of complying with the provisions of sub-section (1), reduce the rate of remuneration of.....

Equal Remuneration Rules, 1976 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1976

....."Authority" means an authority appointed by the appropriate Government under subsection (1) of section 7- (c) "Form" means a form appended to these rules (d) "section" means a section of the Act (e) "registered Trade Union" means a Trade Union registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926 (16 of 1926)-. RULE 03: COMPLAINTS REGARDING CONTRAVENTION OF THE ACT (1) Every complaint under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 7-shall be made in triplicate, in form 'A' to the Authority. (2) A single complaint may be made by, or on behalf of, or in relation to, a group of workers, if they are employed in the same establishment and the complaint relates to the same contravention. (3) A complaint may be made by the worker himself or herself or by any legal practitioner, or by any official of a registered Trade Union, authorised in writing to appear and act on his or her behalf or by any Inspector appointed under section 9-or by any other person acting with the permission of the Authority. RULE 04: CLAIM REGARDING NON-PAYMENT OF WAGES, ETC (1) Every claim under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 7-shall be made by petition in triplicate, in Form 'B' to the Authority. (2) A single.....

Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER 1 : PRELIMINARY SECTION 1 : Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date3 (a) [a] 7-2-1996-See Gax. of Ind.. 7-9-1996. Pt. II, S. 3(i), Ext., p. 1 (No. 84). as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint. SECTION 2 : Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.- (a) "appropriate Government" means,- (i) in relation to the Central Government or any establishment wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or a Cantonment Board constituted under the Cantonment Act, 1924 the Central Government: (ii) in relation to a State Government or any establishment wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or any local authority, other than a Cantonment Board, the State Government: (iii) in respect of the Central Co-ordination Committee and the Central Executive Committee, the Central Government: (iv) in respect of the State.....

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....Act and not defined but defined in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947)-, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. SECTION 03: ACT TO HAVE OVERRIDING EFFECT The provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law or in the terms of any award, agreement or contract of service, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, or in any instrument having effect under any law for the time being in force. SECTION 04: DUTY OF EMPLOYER TO PAY EQUAL REMUNERATION TO MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS FOR SAME WORK OR WORK OF A SIMILAR NATURE (1) No employer shall pay to any worker, employed by him in an establishment or employment, remuneration, whether payable in cash or in kind, at rates less favourable than those at which remuneration is paid by him to the workers of the opposite sex in such establishment or employment for performing the same work or work of a similar nature. (2) No employer shall, for the purpose of complying with the provisions of subsection (1), reduce the rate of remuneration of any worker. (3) Where, in an establishment or employment, the rates of remuneration.....

Equal Renumeration (Central Advisory Committee on Equal Remuneration Rules, 1991) Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1991

.....rules, unless the conext otherwise requires,- (a) "Committee" means the Central Advisory Committee constituted by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976)-; (b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Committee. RULE 03: COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE The Committee shall consist of not less than ten persons and not more than twenty persons excluding the Chairman, to be nominated by the Central Government, of which one-half shall be women. Nomination shall be made from amongst the representatives of the Central Government, State Government/Union Territory Administrations, Members of Parliament, Employers' Organisations, Employees' Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations engaged in the study and welfare activities of women labour. The composition of the Committee shall not be invalid for the reason that representative belonging to any of the aforesaid categories has not been included in the Committee. RULE 04: TERMS OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE (1) Save as otherwise expressly provided in these rules, the term of office of a non-official member of the Committee shall be two years from the date of his.....